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A S Byatt


(Antonia Susan Byatt Duffy)
UK flag (1936 - 2023)
Sister of Margaret Drabble

A.S. Byatt was educated in York and at Newnham College, Cambridge, and taught at the Central School of Art before becoming a full-time writer. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999.

Awards: James Tait Black (2009), Mythopoeic (1998), Booker (1990)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fantasy
 
Series
Frederica
   1. The Virgin in the Garden (1978)
   2. Still Life (1985)
   3. Babel Tower (1996)
   4. A Whistling Woman (2002)
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Novels
   The Game (1967)
   Possession (1990)
   The Shadow of the Sun (1991)
   The Biographer's Tale (2000)
   The Children's Book (2009)
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Collections
   The Matisse Stories (1975)
   Sugar (1987)
   Passions of the Mind (1990)
   Angels and Insects (1992)
   Deadly Sins (1994) (with others)
   The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (1994)
   Elementals (1998)
   The Little Black Book of Stories (2003)
   Medusa's Ankles (2021)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Body Art (2011)
   The Pink Ribbon (2011)
   Raw Material (2011)
   A Stone Woman (2011)
   The Thing in the Forest (2011)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
Myths
   13. Ragnarok (2011)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by A S Byatt
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Ghostly (2015)
A Collection of Ghost Stories
edited by
Audrey Niffenegger
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Life (2013)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop
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Best European Fiction 2013 (2012)
(Best European Fiction)
edited by
Aleksandar Hemon

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Awards
2009 James Tait Black Memorial Prize : The Children's Book
1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature : The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
1990 Booker Prize : Possession: A Romance

Award nominations
2009 Booker Prize (shortlist) : The Children's Book
2000 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Cold


A S Byatt recommends
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CoDex 1962 (2018)
Sjón
"An extraordinary and original writer."
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Seven Houses in France (2011)
Bernardo Atxaga
"A brilliantly inventive writer... at once terribly moving and wildly funny."
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Jamrach's Menagerie (2011)
Carol Birch
"Completely original."

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